• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 7, 1310 (2021)
Zarko Sakotic1、*, Alex Krasnok2, Andrea Alú2、3, and Nikolina Jankovic1
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  • 1BioSense Institute-Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, University of Novi Sad, Dr Zorana Djindjica 1a, 21101, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
  • 3Physics Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, USA
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